History of Secondary Highway 530:
Secondary Highway 530 was a historical Secondary Highway in the County of Haliburton which once connected Haliburton Village to Highway 35 at Carnarvon, via
Highway 519 and West Guilford. The Carnarvon and West Guilford Road was first depicted on a Preliminary Route Plan prepared by the Department of Highways of Ontario
(DHO) in April 1956. The route was officially designated as Highway 530 by an Order-in-Council dated May 9, 1956. Originally, Highway 530 was gravel-surfaced, but a
primed bituminous surface was laid along the entire length Highway 530 in 1956, shortly after the highway was first designated. Portions of the highway were paved
starting in 1964. From Highway 35 at Carnarvon easterly, a total of 6 miles of mulch pavement was laid during 1964. Two additional miles of Highway 530 were paved
west of West Guilford in 1968, with the balance of the highway between West Guilford and the Highway 519 Junction paved in 1972.
During the early 1980s, Highway 118 was extended easterly from Bracebridge into Haliburton County along the newly-constructed Vankoughnet Road. The extension of
Highway 118 was then continued easterly from Carnarvon into Haliburton Village. Sections of Highway 519 and the entire route of Highway 530 were absorbed into this
extension of Highway 118 between Carnarvon and Haliburton Village in 1981. The route number change from Highway 530 to Highway 118 apparently coincided with the
designation of the Vankoughnet Road between Bracebridge and the Highway 35 Junction at Carnarvon as Highway 118 on October 27, 1981. The change in route numbers
from Highway 530 to Highway 118 was first reflected on the 1982-1983 Edition of the Official Ontario Road Map.
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